The Light of Western Stars

by Zane Grey

Book Overview

Can a city slicker adapt to western life?Bandits and death are never far awayA definitive editionLarge Print edition16-point font for easy readingProfessionally typesetFeatures an extended biography... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671811363
• ISBN13: 9780671811365
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Where East Meets West

The Light of Western Stars is one of my favorite Zane Grey romances. And when easterner Madeline Hammond gets off the train near midnight and things begin to happen right away, you know that this is going to be a good one. Gene Stewart, the other half of the romance is a man's man with the traditional western values but who has at first kind of lost his way because of drinking too much. But that gets straightened out through the love of a woman. The cast of characters includes some cowboys, old time cowboys, you will never forget. There's an animal, a magnificent horse, in the story; an automobile, driven by a cowboy who loves to go fast and scare his passengers, and this plays a vital role in the climax of the story as only Zane Grey can describe and tell it. This is another of his books which take place in contemporary times, written when these events were playing themselves out along the US-Mexico border. This is another of his books which is told primarily from the woman's perspective and would indeed appeal to the female reader; it's NOT a bang, bang shoot'em up with street duels and impossible violence, but realistic characters and events. It's a great book for anyone to enjoy, a historical romance set in the West; not a "western". Buy it.

Light of Western Stars

I haven't heard this audio version, but it's a great book. The enduring romance of the eastern Madeline Hammond and her cowboy, Gene Stewart, There's a lot of fun (the golf episode is a favorite of mine) along with action and drama. I first read this nearly 50 years ago and still re-read it. Also look for the sequal - Majesty's Rancho.